Departmental News and Highlights

Departmental News and Highlights

Fall 2014 Newsletter:Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie Recognized for Several Achievements. One of the projects that helped a Clemson University professor secure a prestigious honor could allow doctors to inject chips into the muscle of trauma victims to determine whether blood loss is life-threatening.Click for more........

Dr. Husson is member of Clemson’s new Water-Energy Consortium: Dr. Scott Husson was interviewed by WSPA TV and Fox News on December 8th regarding the new consortium that has been established at Clemson to research the “water-energy nexus.” Dr. Husson has already begun research with Dr. David Ladner in Environmental Engineering. “They are developing new membranes for pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO), an emerging type of power generation.” To read the entire Clemson media release, please go to this link:

At the recent AIChE Conference in Atlanta, undergrad student, Mark Payne, was a recipient of the prestigious AIChE 2014 Donald F. & Mildred Top Othmer Scholarship Award. Mark received a certificate and a check in the amount of $1,000. Awards are presented on the basis of academic achievement and involvement in student chapter activities. Only 15 of these are awarded in the entire USA to undergrads in Chemical Engineering!Click for more........

During the College of Engineering and Science Staff Awards Luncheon at the Madren Center on December 4th, Bill Coburn, our Lab Technologist, was presented the Dean’s Exceptional Staff Award. Bill received this award because of his exemplary service to the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department.Click for more........

Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie was recently featured on a front-page story in the Greenville News. The article highlights his research on developing an implantable biochip that could help save lives in accidents or disasters. The biochip would read lactate levels, which can be up to five times higher than normal when someone is bleeding, which would help determine whether someone’s life is threatened, especially during mass triage situations. For more details, please download the story as a pdf or go to this link: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/09/26/biochip-alert-save-lives/16286179/

Faculty position: The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University invites applications for an opening at the level of Assistant Professor or higher, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and level of achievement. Individuals with outstanding potential and scholarly interests in modern Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering `are sought, particularly in the areas of water-energy nexus, (bio)catalysis, composite materials, and biomolecular engineering.Click for more........

Dr. Mark Thies and graduate student, Adam Klett, along with Daniel High School environmental science teacher, Chuck Conrad, were guest speakers on Clemson’s public radio program “Your Day” on August 27th. During this program, Dr. Thies and Adam explained the research they are currently working on in our department related to clean-burning biofuels. In collaboration with a company called Liquid Lignin and funding by the National Science Foundation, they are developing a way to turn a by-product from paper mills called lignin into a biofuel that burns like coal - but unlike coal, it burns clean. To listen to their radio program, please go to this link: http://www.yourdayradio.com/archives/YDPodcast/YD140827.mp3 To learn more about “Your Day” and their topics and production schedule, please go to this link: http://yourday.clemson.edu/